While Nicki Minaj was on tour in Detroit, her former manager has accused the rap artist of repeatedly slapping and berating him.
Brandon Jovan Garrett filed a lawsuit alleging that Minaj, 42, who is actually Onika Maraj, attacked him on April 21 during a performance at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena.
The Grammy-nominated performer is accused of assault, violence, and deliberate emotional distress in the case, which was submitted to the Los Angeles County Superior Court for the State of California on Friday. Pink Personality Inc., her business, is also listed as a defendant.
A request for comment on Monday was not immediately answered by Minaj’s lawyer.
In the lawsuit, Garrett, who identified himself as Minaj’s “day to day manager,” claims that on April 21, while returning after purchasing ice cream at Minaj’s request, the star’s head of security called him into her dressing room.
According to the lawsuit, Minaj was in the room with the security chief and five other team members because she was dissatisfied with how her personnel were handling their tasks.
Then, one of Minaj’s team members questioned Garrett about why the celebrity’s medicines were being picked up by another employee. According to the suit, Garrett claimed that because Minaj wanted the prescription right away and he was too busy helping her in the dressing room during performances, he had someone else pick it up.
According to the lawsuit, Minaj was infuriated by Garrett’s responses and behavior. According to the lawsuit, the defendant’s “rage” was heightened by Garrett’s answer, and she started hurling profanities at him.
Minaj branded Garrett insane, claiming that he went insane and that her husband would have knocked him out if he had been present.
You are a walking corpse. According to the lawsuit, Minaj warned Garrett, “You just f—– up your whole life and you will never be anyone, I’ll make sure of it.”
According to the lawsuit, Minaj struck Garrett “on the right side of his face, causing his head to swing backwards as his hat flew off his head” in an open-handed assault. According to the lawsuit, she kicked Garrett out of the room after reportedly hitting him on the right wrist, causing him to drop documents he was holding.
According to the lawsuit, Garrett then spent hours locking himself in a restroom out of fear for his safety.
Garrett was notified by text the following morning that he would not be on the tour bus from Detroit to Chicago. He responded appropriately.
According to Garrett’s lawsuit, he called Detroit police from the airport and was informed that he would need to personally report the alleged attack.
According to the lawsuit, Garrett went back to Detroit and reported the incident to the police before leaving for his hometown of Los Angeles.
On Monday, Detroit police verified that Garrett had submitted a report. According to the police, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has received a warrant request.
A request for comment on Monday was not immediately answered by the prosecutor’s office.
Minaj was accused in the lawsuit of abusing her power by repeatedly hitting Garrett forcefully, using foul language, threatening him, and berating him. She either deliberately disregarded the likelihood that Garrett would experience severe mental suffering or did so with the aim to cause him such distress.
He wants a trial by jury.
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